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COAL SGUTTLE.

No. 279,502; Pater lted June 12,1883.

PETERS. Phm'rmhognpher, Washington. 0. cv

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY s. REYNOLDs, O BROOKLYN, AssIeNoR To THE IRON GLAD MANUFACTURING OOMPANY, OF NEw YORK, N. Y.

COAL-SCUTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,502, dated June 12, 1883. Application filed March 9, 1883. '(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY S. REYNOLDS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coal-scuttles, of which the following is a full, clear, and eiract description.

My invention consists in forming a shoulder at the upper portions of the body of a coalscuttle, said shoulder extending from about the center of one side around the rear of the body to about the center of the other side.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a rear view.

The letter a represents the body of the scuttle, and b the bail attached to ears a, properly secured to, the sides of the body a. As shown in the drawings, the body of the scuttle is formed of two pieces of metal stamped up to the requisite shape and united at d d by longitudinal'seams.

S designates a shoulder extending from the ears 0 around the back of the scuttle. To form this shoulder the upper edges of the twopieces of metal forming the body a are struck up from f to g, Fig. 1, so that when the two pieces are united to form the body a the struck-up edges will overhang the interior of the body, thereby forming a shoulder having inwardlyinclined walls.

By this invention the spilling of coal dur ing the filling, carrying, or emptying of the scuttle is obviated, the scuttle given a more symmetrical appearance, and the metal forming it stiffened and rendered less liable to be injured or indented in use.

Although I have shown my invention applied to a scuttle the body of which is composed of two pieces of metal, I do not intend to limit myself to its application to this par ticular construction, as itis obvious that it may be applied to scuttles wherein the body is made of one or more pieces of metal.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As anew article of manufacture, a coalscuttle-having the upper edges of the two pieces of metal forming the body a struck up from f to so that when said pieces are united to form the body a the struck-up edges will overhang the interior of the body, thereby forming a shoulder, S, having inwardly-in clined walls, whereby the spilling of coal is obviated, the symmetrical appearance of the scuttle improved, and the metal forming it stiffened, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of March, A. D. 1883.

HENRY s. REYNOLDs.

' \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR O. WEBB, HERBERT SOUTHWIOK. 

